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2018 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record8–10–1 (2–6–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Behonick (3rd season)
  • Rich Costanzo (2nd season)
Home stadiumAmbrose Urbanic Field
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 – 1 – 0 18 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Louisville ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 11 – 5 – 3
NC State + 2 – 4 – 2 10 – 7 – 3
Boston College 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 8 – 4
Syracuse + 1 – 4 – 3 7 – 7 – 4
Clemson 2 – 6 – 0 7 – 9 – 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 – 1 – 0 14 – 4 – 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 – 3 – 0 11 – 7 – 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 – 3 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 – 2 – 2 10 – 4 – 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 – 4 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
Pittsburgh 2 – 6 – 0 8 – 10 – 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2018 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Jay Vidovich, in his third season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 65th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 6th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Background

Main article: 2017 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team

The 2017 Pittsburgh men's soccer team finished the season with an 8–10–0 overall record and a 2–6–0 ACC record. The Panthers were seeded tenth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Notre Dame.

The Panthers were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The Panthers had one player selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Pol Calvet, by Los Angeles FC.[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Will Marshall 1 GK 5'6" 152 Senior North Versailles, PA Graduated
Bryce Cregan 2 DF 5'8" 155 Senior Dallastown, PA Graduated
Mauriq Hill 4 DF 5'10" 166 Redshirt Senior Hamilton Parish, BER Graduated
Pol Calvet 7 DF 5'7" 160 Senior Barcelona, ESP Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 24th overall by Los Angeles FC
Raj Kahlon 11 MF 5'10" 174 Senior Oakville, CAN Graduated
Kevin Angulo 17 FW 6'0" 177 Senior Woodridge, CAN Graduated
Matt Bischoff 19 DF 5'6" 158 Senior Fairport, NY Graduated
Robby Dambrot 22 DF 6'2" 170 Senior Akron, OH Graduated

Players arriving

Pittsburgh signed eight players in its 2018 recruiting class. Top Drawer Soccer ranked the class as 5th in the nation.[2]

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Rodrigo Almeida
MF
  BRA Montverde, FL SIMA Águilas [3]
Facundo Costantini
DF
  BRA Montverde, FL SIMA Águilas [4]
Jared Juleau
DF
  USA Stamford, CT New York Red Bulls [5]
Johan Penaranda
GK
  USA Long Beach, NY New York City FC Academy [6]
Nykolas Sessock
FW
  USA Holland, PA Philadelphia Union [7]
Alec Townsend
DF
  USA Woodbridge, VA D.C. United [8]
Chandler Vaughn
DF
  USA Woodbridge, VA D.C. United [9]
Jackson Walti
MF
  USA Montverde, FL SIMA Águilas [10]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 13, 2018[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Johan Penaranda
1 GK United States USA Alexander Steinbach
2 DF Canada CAN Peter Prescott
3 DF England ENG Tom Moxham
4 DF United States USA Shane Wiedt
5 MF Australia AUS Joshua Gaspari
6 MF Spain ESP Javi Perez
8 MF Senegal SEN Fiorre Mane
9 FW Uganda UGA Edward Kizza
10 MF Brazil BRA Marcony Pimentel
11 MF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Almeida
12 DF Brazil BRA Facundo Costantini
13 FW United States USA Alexander Dexter
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Spain ESP Jose Luis Sena Arbona
16 DF United States USA Nyk Sessock
17 MF United States USA Alec Townsend
18 MF United States USA Tim Townsend
19 DF United States USA Chandler Vaughn
21 MF United States USA Alex Peperak
22 DF United States USA Robby Dambrot
23 DF United States USA Craig Bair
24 MF Switzerland SUI Jackson Walti
25 DF United States USA Chad Stout
27 DF United States USA Anthony Harding
32 GK United States USA Jacob Rooth

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director Heather Lyke
Head Coach Jay Vidovich
Assistant Coach Michael Behonick
Assistant Coach Rich Costanzo
Volunteer Assistant Coach Lukas Petersen

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:00 PM 		No. RV Duquesne W 1–0[13]  –
(–) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field
Pittsburgh, PA
August 18*
7:00 PM 		No. RV at Penn State W 1–0[14]  –
(–) 		Jeffrey Field
State College, PA
Regular season
August 24*
8:00 PM 		No. RV No. 25 Colgate L 0–1  0–1–0
(0–0–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,138)
Pittsburgh, PA
August 27*
7:00 PM 		No. RV at Delaware W 6–1  1–1–0
(0–0–0) 		Stuart and Grant Stadium (265)
Newark, DE
September 1*
7:00 PM 		at No. 4 Akron L 0–1  1–2–0
(0–0–0) 		FirstEnergy Stadium (1,790)
Akron, OH
September 8
7:00 PM 		at No. 5 North Carolina L 1–2 2OT 1–3–0
(0–1–0) 		Koskinen Stadium (573)
Durham, NC
September 12*
11:00 AM 		at VCU W 1–0  2–3–0
(0–1–0) 		Sports Backers Stadium (360)
Richmond, VA
September 18*
7:00 PM 		Detroit W 2–0  3–3–0
(0–1–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (401)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 21
7:00 PM 		at No. 6 Louisville L 0–1  3–4–0
(0–2–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,604)
Louisville, KY
September 25
7:00 PM 		No. 12 NC State W 3–1  4–4–0
(1–2–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (254)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 28
7:00 PM 		No. 11 Virginia L 0–2  4–5–0
(1–3–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (710)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 2*
6:40 PM 		Columbia W 1–0  5–5–0
(1–3–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (352)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 5
7:00 PM 		Clemson W 2–1 2OT 6–5–0
(2–3–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (653)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 8*
7:00 PM 		Cleveland State L 3–4  6-6-0
(2-3-0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (351)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 12
5:00 PM 		at Virginia Tech L 1–3  6-7-0
(2-4-0) 		Thompson Field (834)
Blacksburg, VA
October 15*
7:00 PM 		Temple W 3–2  7-7-0
(2-4-0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (414)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 19
7:00 PM 		at No. 14 Duke L 1–3  7-8-0
(2-5-0) 		Koskinen Stadium (701)
Durham, NC
October 23*
7:00 PM 		at West Virginia
Backyard Brawl 		L 1–2  7-9-0
(2-5-0) 		Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (737)
Morgantown, WV
October 26
7:00 PM 		No. 23 Notre Dame L 0–1  7-10-0
(2-6-0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (409)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
October 31
7:00 PM 		(11) at (6) No. 7 Virginia
First Round 		W 2–0  8-10-0
 Klöckner Stadium (510)
Charlottesville, VA
November 4
1:00 PM 		(11) at (3) No. 8 Duke
Quarterfinals 		T 0–0 (3–4 PKs) 2OT 8-10-1
 Koskinen Stadium (342)
Durham, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Edward Kizza All-ACC First Team November 7, 2018 [15]
Javi Perez All-ACC Second Team
Chandler Vaughn All-ACC Freshman Team

2019 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Javi Perez Los Angeles FC 3 64 MF

Source:[16]

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Final
United Soccer[17] RV None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [18]

References

  1. ^ "Play Video LAFC Selects Pol Calvet Planellas with No. 24 Overall Pick". lafc.com. Los Angeles FC. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Mike Wilson (February 16, 2018). "Pitt soccer's 2018 recruiting class ranked fifth in nation". cardiachill.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "Rodrigo Almeida". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Facundo Costantini". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Jared Juleau". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Johan Penaranda". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "Nykolas Sessock". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  8. ^ "Alec Townsend". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Chandler Vaughn". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  10. ^ "Jackson Walti". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  11. ^ a b "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  13. ^ @Pitt_MSOC (August 12, 2018). "Final" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ @Pitt_MSOC (August 18, 2018). "Final" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  16. ^ "Perez Selected by LAFC in 2019 MLS SuperDraft". pittsburghpanthers.com. Pittsburgh Panthers Athletics. January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  17. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  18. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
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